Billy Wells

about this book: Ten tales of terror in the horror/thriller genre with surprise endings.

As a boy, I read a story entitled The October Game by Ray Bradbury in an Alfred Hitchcock anthology paperback. That story not only chilled me to the bone, but it inspired me to write horror stories of my own.

From those humble beginnings, I have written 114 short stories, mostly horror, with surprise endings. I've published six collections of horror stories. I've seen more movies than anyone I've ever known and enjoy most genres, but a good horror film has always been my favorite. My dream would be to see some of my stories in a movie or a TV show. My videos have over 1,250,000 hits on YouTube.

My primary readers are short story horror fans.

I am experimenting with covers for this book. I really like the scary elderly lady with the big ax, but I have several alternatives.

I took about four months to write this book.

The plots for this book came in a flurry. As long as I have an idea for the beginning, the rest is easy. Editing is always the hardest part of the process.

I believe the stories I'm writing now are my best, but I am proud of all my books. In my view, each story has a plot and a real ending, which is seldom the case in short story horror.

My new goal is to write as many short stories as Ray Bradbury. Only 286 to go.